US Open Tennis 2016 Results: Winners, Scores, Stats for Saturday Singles Bracket

Serena Williams, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka helped headline the sixth day of action at the 2016 U.S. Open on Saturday as the third round came to a conclusion in both the men's and women's draws.

Although there have been a couple of high-profile exits, including Milos Raonic and Garbine Muguruza, most of tennis' big names were still alive heading into the middle weekend at the season's final major. It sets the stage for some intriguing battles the rest of the way.

Let's check out the complete match schedule for Saturday's play, which will continue to be updated through the end of play at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. That's followed by a recap of the day's marquee matchups.

Saturday's Match Results

Round	Matchup/Result	Score
-	Men's Tournament	-
Third	(2) Andy Murray d. Paolo Lorenzi	7-6, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
Third	(3) Stan Wawrinka d. Daniel Evans	4-6, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-2
Third	(6) Kei Nishikori d. Nicolas Mahut	4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
Third	(8) Dominic Thiem d. Pablo Carreno Busta	1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
Third	Juan Martin del Potro d. (11) David Ferrer	7-6, 6-2, 6-3
Third	Illya Marchenko d. (14) Nick Kyrgios	4-6, 6-4, 6-1 (Retired)
Third	(21) Ivo Karlovic d. Jared Donaldson	6-4, 7-6, 6-3
Third	(22) Grigor Dimitrov d. Joao Sousa	6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
-	Women's Tournament	-
Third	(1) Serena Williams d. Johanna Larsson	6-2, 6-1
Third	(4) Agnieszka Radwanska d. (25) Caroline Garcia	6-2, 6-3
Third	(5) Simona Halep d. (31) Timea Babos	6-1, 2-6, 6-4
Third	(6) Venus Williams d. (26) Laura Siegemund	6-1, 6-2
Third	(10) Karolina Pliskova d. (17) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6-2, 6-4
Third	(11) Carla Suarez Navarro d. (19) Elena Vesnina	6-4, 6-3
Third	Ana Konjuh d. Varvara Lepchenko	6-3, 3-6, 6-2
Third	Yaroslava Shvedova d. Shuai Zhang	6-2, 7-5

Day 6 Recap

Simona Halep narrowly escaped an upset bid from Timea Babos as the No. 5 seed on the women's side continues to seek her first Grand Slam title.

The Romanian actually looked poised to cruise to a third consecutive straight-sets victory after easily taking the first set thanks to three breaks of serve. Babos returned the favor in the second, however, as Halep's inconsistency shined through once again.

It wasn't until she found herself down 3-1 in the deciding set that the reigning U.S. Open semifinalist rediscovered her footing. Luckily for Halep it wasn't too late, as she stormed back with a couple of service breaks to survive and advance.

WTA Insider passed along comments from the victor, who provided details about an apparent injury she's been dealing with lately:

Halep will certainly need to play better moving forward in order to make a deep run. She finished the match with just 16 winners compared to 35 unforced errors. Up next is a clash with 11th seed Carla Suarez Navarro, whom she's gone 5-5 against in 10 career meetings.   

Williams completely overwhelmed Johanna Larsson to move through without even breaking much of a sweat. The American put up 24 winners and six aces in the lopsided victory, which would typically go mostly unnoticed during the first week of a major.

BBC Tennis highlighted why this win was more significant, though:

The top seed came into the tournament with some question marks after dealing with an injury that led to an early Olympic exit. She's looked just fine so far, however, cruising through the first week and once again establishing herself as a clear favorite.

Juan Martin del Potro continues to impress after his tremendous run at the Olympics. The Argentinian star knocked off No. 11 David Ferrer in straight sets. 

Before the U.S. Open started, Del Potro was the sleeper to watch on the men's side. He has battled injuries the previous two years but was once the fourth-ranked player in the world. At just 27 years old, as long as his body didn't fail him, there was no reason to think he couldn't get back to that level.

Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch said before the tournament started that Del Potro "might be the most dangerous wild card in the history of the U.S. Open. He won the tournament in 2009 and is coming off a silver medal in Rio."

So far, the results line up perfectly with that assessment. Del Potro proved he can compete with the best tennis has to offer when he defeated Novak Djokovic in the first round at the Olympics. 

Per ESPN Stats & Info, Del Potro is making history as the first wild-card entrant to reach the second week of the U.S. Open since 2011. He also hasn't dropped a set through his first three matches. 

Andy Murray, who defeated Del Potro to win gold at the Olympics, got a little more than he bargained for in a four-set win over Paolo Lorenzi. 

This was the first match Murray did not win in straight sets, though it was due to some sloppy play on his part. The No. 2 seed had six double-faults and 63 unforced errors in the win, two stats he will need to correct as the competition gets better. 

Murray's first two sets were particularly brutal, with 47 of his unforced errors coming during that stretch. The third set was when he finally started to look like himself again, nailing five of his 11 aces. 

It's not nearly time to panic for Murray. He has racked up a lot of miles on his legs over the last two months, so there are going to be some matches that are less than crisp. Just surviving and advancing is enough for him right now.

Kei Nishikori overcame an ugly first set to sweep the final three sets against Nicolas Mahut and reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open for the first time since he played Marin Cilic in the final two years ago.

U.S. Open Tennis provided the final point of the match for Nishikori:

Jose Morgado of the Portugal Record did note one thing that Nishikori and Murray have in common this season after both players were victorious on Saturday:

The big difference is Murray was able to capitalize on one of his opportunities with a win at Wimbledon, while Nishikori has been sent home in the fourth round twice and quarterfinals once.

The U.S. Open is the only Grand Slam tournament Nishikori has ever reached the final, so it seems that if he's going to have a breakthrough in 2016, this is his event.      

Stan Wawrinka narrowly avoided a huge upset against Daniel Evans, coming back from a two-sets-to-one deficit with a long tiebreaker to win the fourth set and a dominant 6-2 effort in the decisive fifth set.  

Evans, who has never made it past the third round at a Grand Slam event, will be beating himself up for a long time about this loss. He helped save Wawrinka by committing 16 double-faults and 64 unforced errors.

Six of Evans' double-faults and 24 of his unforced errors came in the critical fourth set that went to a tiebreaker.

Long matches at the U.S. Open are nothing new for Wawrinka, as Josh Meiseles of ATP World Tour noted on Twitter:

The term survive and advance has already been said in this recap of Saturday's action, but never has that been truer for Wawrinka. This was an ugly match that easily could have gone the other way, yet he somehow managed to overcome everything to reach the fourth round.

There were no such problems for Venus Williams, who earned her second consecutive straight-sets victory by picking apart Laura Siegemund. 

It wasn't an overpowering win for Williams. The No. 6 seed didn't record an ace, but she did limit Siegemund's serve by converting six of her 10 break-point opportunities and took advantage of 26 unforced errors.

ESPN's Jane McManus highlighted Williams' career renaissance after her win on Saturday:

Williams has just one singles title so far this year, but she reached the semifinals at Wimbledon and is making easy work of her opponents at the U.S. Open so far. The 36-year-old has a long way to go for another title at this venue, but she's on the short list of top contenders with her effort through three rounds. 

In the biggest upset on either the men's or women's side from Saturday—Del Potro defeating No. 11 David Ferrer doesn't really count since Del Potro is not a typical unranked opponent—Illya Marchenko knocked off No. 14 Nick Kyrgios. 

Kyrgios was forced to retire after losing the third set due to a hip injury. He looked good in the first set, firing 11 aces, but after diving on a point in the second set, his lingering hip problems came back to the surface. 

Per ESPN's Nicolas Atkin, Kyrgios told the chair umpire that he feels "like I've been hit by a bus."

In four career U.S. Open appearances, Kyrgios has never advanced past the third round. Marchenko had not advanced past the first round in any tournament, including the Olympics, since the Istanbul Open in April. 

All match statistics courtesy of the tournament's official site.